Device for gathering refuse.



P. L. MARTIN. DEVICE FOR GATHERING REFUSE.

Patnted Feb. 18,1913.

APPLICATION FILED MAB..1, 1911.

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DEVICE FOR Gl-LTHERIIQ'G REFUSE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented net. is, 1913..

Application. filed March 1, 1911. Serial l lo. 311,668.

ana, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Gathering Refuse, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device which is adapted to be used for the gathering of refuse for the purpose of destroying or otherwise disposing of the same. I

My device is designed particularly for use in gathering or collecting" the fallen blossoms, squares and bolls of cotton in cotton fields where the boll weevil is present.

Itis known to those who are familiar with the cotton growing,- indus zhat in certain parts of the South the hon. weevil has made its appearance and whenever attacks the blossoms, squares, and bolls the latter fall to the ground. lt is desirable that. such fallen parts should be collected togetherand destroyed by burning or in some other manner for the purpose of destroying a nd eating the boll w The device invented by me and which forms the sub} C4: of this application has been designed and adapted for use in collecting such fallen parts oil the cotton plant, but as already indicated it may be employed for other analogous purposes and uses.

In order my invention may be more readily comprehended and its uses and advantages be more apparent, I have illustrated one form of aconvenient embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, but it will be understood that changes in the details of construction within the scop of the claims may be made without de arting front my invention.

, In the drawings :Figure 1. is a side elevation of a device embodying my inven tion; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. l; and Fig. l is a. longitudinal section on the line l1 of Fig. 3 the parts being in different relative position with respect to each other.

'Referring to thedrawingsr-'l designates a handle provided with a base plate 2 pro vided with boss 3 hey a socket in which the lower end of the handle is seemed.

lhe hat-idle may be secured in the socket 4 in any suitable and convenient way, as, for instance, by means of a pin or bolt 5 which extends through the walls of the'said socket and through the inner end of the handle, as is clearly indicated in. the drawings.

10 designates pointed pins which are secured in any convenientmanner to the said base or support These pins preferably are made of portions of wire pointed as indicated at 11 eferably, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and l of the drawings, the pins or pin at the center of the group of pointed pins is longer than the surrounding pins of the group the length of which gradually decreases from the center of the group outwardly. This arrangement is for the purpose GflICCODllHO dating the points of the pins to the angle at which the device is held when in use, it being d )le that the points of the plus which contact with the ground and with the artieles to be collectcd or gathered up should occupy a plane more or less nearly parallel with the plane of the ground from which such articles are collected and gathered.

It is desirable that plus he mall in order tho. \e device may be too heavy to be conver itly operated. in consequence of their smallness the pins may be bent in use. For the purpose of holding the said pins to a certain extent against bending, I provide a combined guard or stay and cleaner or stripper 12, which is bent or turned in the manner indicated in Figs. 1 ands of the drawings so that it forms a shallow inverted cone, the apex of which is located at its center and is substantially coincident with the central pin of the device. As will be observed the guardand cleaner 12 is provided with holes or perform tions 13 through which the pins pass.

in order that the plate 12 may cause the cleaning or stripping of the leaves, bl0ssome, squares or bolls of cotton or other ob jects from the xi d pin;., it is 119%. ry that there should be relative movement between the same and the guard and stripper. or cleaner 12. Such relative movement may be occasioned either by Cons? of the member 12 or by lg movement the pins themselves with relation to the said member 12. Preferably 1 cause move ment of the cleanenor stripper 12. The mechanism provided for this purpose consists of links 15 {three being shown) which are pivoted at to ears 17 upon the peripheral edge of the plate 12. The upper ends of the said links are pivoted at 18 to the lower end of a sleeve 19 which is adaptincrement diameter of the ed to be moved longitudinally upon the handle 1 by the person who may be using o1-pperating the device.

. In order that the sleeve 19 may be held in the position indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings in which the cleaner or stripper 12 is located at a point adjacent to the base 2, I have provided a bent spring 20 bowed in the manner indicated in Fig. 1 which spring operates to prevent the sleeve 19 from slidingdown upon the handle or to ward the base 2.

In the use of my device for the purpose 1 of collecting refuse matter of any kind or character, the stripper or cleaner 12 should be held at such distance upwardly from the points of the pins as may be desired. lhe

material to be gathered up or collected is pierced by the'said pins and when they are full may be carried to some central point and placed in .a pile or heap, the said materialbeing stripped from the said pins by causing relative movement between the cleaner or stripper l2 and the pins so as to cause these parts to occupy relative positions substantially as shown inFig. 4. of

the drawings in which the cleaner or stripper plate 12 is located adjacent to the outer ends of the pins.

When the part 12 is moved into the posi sesame the center toward the outer edge of the group,a base or support to which the said pointed devices are secured, a handle secured to the said base or support, a bent plate having perforations through which the said pointed devices pass, the said plate being of cone shape, a longitudinally movahlemember supported upon the said handle and means having connection with the said longitudinally movable member and the said cone-shaped plate whereby move ment of'the latter is caused by movement of the said member on the said handle.

2. Ina device of the character described, the combination of a handle having a plate secured to the lower end thereof, said plate having radially ext-ending slots therein, piercing fingers or prongs secured to said plate, a stripping plate having perforations therein through which the said piercing fingers or prongs extend, a sleeve slidably secured upon said handle, links connected to the lower edge of said sleeve and to the outer edge of said stripping plate, the said links causing longitudinal movement of the said stripping plate" on the said piercing fingers or rongs as the said sleeve is moved back and orth upon the handle and the said links moving in and out of the said slots, and

a flat spring secured upon the side of said handle and adapted to exert pressure against the said sleeve for the purpose stated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereunto signed my name this 21st day of February, A. D. 1911'.

. TRCY L. MAR'ITIN.

In the presence of E. G. COURTNEY, L. P. BLACKBURN. 

